Did we do it right? - An evaluation of the colour coding system for antenatal care in Malaysia

Medical Journal of Malaysia

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 37-53

  Ravindran, Jegasothy ^a   Shamsuddin, K ^b   Selvaraju, S ^c  

^a Seremban Hospital   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Colour coding system; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CODING; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MORTALITY; POSTMATURITY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

COLOR; FEMALE; FORMS AND RECORDS CONTROL; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MEDICAL RECORDS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0041662226     PISSN: 03005283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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